Stefan Jakobs

21.6k total citations · 7 hit papers
195 papers, 14.9k citations indexed

About

Stefan Jakobs is a scholar working on Biophysics, Molecular Biology and Structural Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Stefan Jakobs has authored 195 papers receiving a total of 14.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 84 papers in Biophysics, 80 papers in Molecular Biology and 44 papers in Structural Biology. Recurrent topics in Stefan Jakobs's work include Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (84 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (45 papers) and Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications (44 papers). Stefan Jakobs is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (84 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (45 papers) and Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications (44 papers). Stefan Jakobs collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Sweden and United States. Stefan Jakobs's co-authors include Stefan W. Hell, Christian A. Wurm, Alexander Egner, Christian Eggeling, Marcus Dyba, Thomas A. Klar, Steffen J. Sahl, Martin A. Andresen, M. Hofmann and André C. Stiel and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Stefan Jakobs

189 papers receiving 14.6k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Fluorescence microscopy with diffraction resolution barrier broken by stimulated emission

2000 1.3k citations Stefan Jakobs, Alexander Egner et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Fluorescence nanoscopy in cell biology

2017 715 citations Steffen J. Sahl, Stefan W. Hell et al. profile →
Breaking the diffraction barrier in fluorescence microscopy at low light intensities by using reversibly photoswitchable proteins

2005 630 citations M. Hofmann, Christian Eggeling et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Fluorescence nanoscopy by ground-state depletion and single-molecule return

2008 591 citations Hannes Bock, Christian A. Wurm et al. Nature Methods profile →
Diffraction-unlimited all-optical imaging and writing with a photochromic GFP

2011 372 citations Tim Grotjohann, Ilaria Testa et al. profile →
Spherical nanosized focal spot unravels the interior of cells

2008 317 citations Christian A. Wurm, Stefan Jakobs et al. Nature Methods profile →
Nanoscopy with more than 100,000 'doughnuts'

2013 187 citations Andriy Chmyrov, Jan Keller‐Findeisen et al. Nature Methods profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Stefan Jakobs Germany	69	7.6k	7.2k	3.3k	2.8k	1.8k	195	14.9k
Harald F. Hess United States	45	7.0k 0.9×	4.9k 0.7×	4.1k 1.2×	2.9k 1.0×	1.4k 0.8×	99	16.6k
George H. Patterson United States	37	9.4k 1.2×	7.6k 1.1×	4.4k 1.3×	2.5k 0.9×	1.2k 0.7×	74	16.8k
Mike Heilemann Germany	59	7.0k 0.9×	5.4k 0.7×	2.7k 0.8×	2.9k 1.1×	1.5k 0.9×	212	12.4k
Suliana Manley Switzerland	45	4.1k 0.5×	3.8k 0.5×	2.0k 0.6×	1.5k 0.6×	1.4k 0.8×	106	9.2k
Rachid Sougrat Saudi Arabia	48	5.3k 0.7×	4.2k 0.6×	4.5k 1.3×	2.0k 0.7×	3.2k 1.8×	90	16.2k
Bo Huang United States	51	6.1k 0.8×	9.1k 1.3×	4.0k 1.2×	2.2k 0.8×	887 0.5×	133	16.8k
Alberto Diaspro Italy	55	4.2k 0.6×	3.8k 0.5×	4.6k 1.4×	1.1k 0.4×	1.7k 0.9×	506	12.8k
Markus Sauer Germany	80	9.6k 1.3×	11.2k 1.6×	4.9k 1.5×	3.3k 1.2×	3.8k 2.1×	402	23.1k
Christian Eggeling Germany	73	9.9k 1.3×	10.2k 1.4×	5.2k 1.6×	2.7k 1.0×	2.9k 1.6×	246	20.6k
Mark Bates United States	22	9.4k 1.2×	4.6k 0.6×	5.1k 1.5×	3.4k 1.2×	1.5k 0.8×	32	13.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stefan Jakobs

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Jans, Daniel C., et al.. (2024). STED super-resolution microscopy of mitochondrial translocases. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 707. 299–327. 1 indexed citations

Stephan, Till, Ágnes Csiszár, Nils Hersch, et al.. (2024). Decisive role of mDia-family formins in cell cortex function of highly adherent cells. Science Advances. 10(44). eadp5929–eadp5929. 1 indexed citations

Jakobs, Stefan, et al.. (2024). 3D Computational Modeling of Defective Early Endosome Distribution in Human iPSC-Based Cardiomyopathy Models. Cells. 13(11). 923–923. 1 indexed citations

Stoldt, Stefan, et al.. (2024). MultiMatch: geometry-informed colocalization in multi-color super-resolution microscopy. Communications Biology. 7(1). 1139–1139. 4 indexed citations

Jans, Daniel C., et al.. (2024). Endogenous BAX and BAK form mosaic rings of variable size and composition on apoptotic mitochondria. Cell Death and Differentiation. 31(4). 469–478. 18 indexed citations

Lange, F. de, et al.. (2023). Developmental changes of the mitochondria in the murine anteroventral cochlear nucleus. iScience. 27(1). 108700–108700. 2 indexed citations

Jans, Daniel C., et al.. (2022). DNA-PAINT MINFLUX nanoscopy. Nature Methods. 19(9). 1072–1075. 73 indexed citations

Cagnoni, Matteo, Stefan Jakobs, Yudong Cheng, et al.. (2020). Employing Interfaces with Metavalently Bonded Materials for Phonon Scattering and Control of the Thermal Conductivity in TAGS‐x Thermoelectric Materials. Advanced Functional Materials. 30(17). 55 indexed citations

Wurm, Christian A., Heinz Schwarz, Daniel C. Jans, et al.. (2019). Correlative STED super-resolution light and electron microscopy on resin sections. Journal of Physics D Applied Physics. 52(37). 374003–374003. 5 indexed citations

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Ramos, Eduardo Silva, Elisa Motori, Christian Brüser, et al.. (2019). Mitochondrial fusion is required for regulation of mitochondrial DNA replication. PLoS Genetics. 15(6). e1008085–e1008085. 122 indexed citations

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Reisgen, Uwe, et al.. (2017). Laser beam welding in mobile vacuum. RWTH Publications (RWTH Aachen). 5 indexed citations

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Xu, Ming, Stefan Jakobs, Riccardo Mazzarello, et al.. (2017). Impact of Pressure on the Resonant Bonding in Chalcogenides. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 121(45). 25447–25454. 37 indexed citations

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Wurm, Christian A., et al.. (2016). Bax assembles into large ring‐like structures remodeling the mitochondrial outer membrane in apoptosis. The EMBO Journal. 35(4). 402–413. 226 indexed citations

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Chmyrov, Andriy, Jan Keller‐Findeisen, Tim Grotjohann, et al.. (2013). Nanoscopy with more than 100,000 'doughnuts'. Nature Methods. 10(8). 737–740. 187 indexed citations breakdown →

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Mitronova, Gyuzel Yu., et al.. (2013). Snap-, CLIP- and Halo-Tag Labelling of Budding Yeast Cells. PLoS ONE. 8(10). e78745–e78745. 81 indexed citations

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Brakemann, T., André C. Stiel, Gert Weber, et al.. (2012). Dreiklang - the one, two, three in photoswitching.. MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society). 1 indexed citations

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Altmann, Katrin, et al.. (2008). The class V myosin motor protein, Myo2, plays a major role in mitochondrial motility in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The Journal of Cell Biology. 181(1). 119–130. 99 indexed citations

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Eggeling, Christian, Michael Hilbert, Hannes Bock, et al.. (2007). Reversible photoswitching enables single‐molecule fluorescence fluctuation spectroscopy at high molecular concentration. Microscopy Research and Technique. 70(12). 1003–1009. 16 indexed citations

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Hofmann, M., Christian Eggeling, Stefan Jakobs, & Stefan W. Hell. (2005). Breaking the diffraction barrier in fluorescence microscopy at low light intensities by using reversibly photoswitchable proteins. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(49). 17565–17569. 630 indexed citations breakdown →

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Dimmer, Kai Stefan, Stefan Jakobs, Frank Vogel, Katrin Altmann, & Benedikt Westermann. (2005). Mdm31 and Mdm32 are inner membrane proteins required for maintenance of mitochondrial shape and stability of mitochondrial DNA nucleoids in yeast. The Journal of Cell Biology. 168(1). 103–115. 89 indexed citations

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